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HEAD 0F GARD PILLET SETTING MACHINES. No. 891,279. c. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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l '-8 Mfg M fm Og@ ROBERT SELLERS, OF SCHOLES, NEAR CLEOKHEATON, COUNTY OF YORK,

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HEAD OF' CARD-FILLET-SETTING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,279, dated October 16, 1888.

Application filed May 29, 1888. Serial No. 275,443.

T0 all whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT SELLERS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Scholes, near Cleekheaton, in the county of York, England, have invented certain Improvements in the Heads of Card-Fillet-Setting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the heads of card-iilletsetting machines, and has for its object to provide novel means whereby the feeding-rollers in the said heads may be adjusted to an angle other than parallel to the setting-bar of the head, for the purpose of setting the teeth or dents in the card-llet at an angle other than at right angles to the edge ofthe fillet-web.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of such portions of a cardiillet-setting machine head as are required to show the application of my invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view with part of the frame cut away. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line Z Z, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a detail section through the slot and bearing of the head-stock; Fig. 5, a view of oneV of the roller-supporting links, and Figs. 6 and 7 detail views ofthe connection between one ofthe rollers and operating-shaft.

The machine is operated in the usual man-y ner and is of the ordinary construction, with the exception of the altered and adjustable position of the grooved feed-rollers A A, guidebar B, guide-collars C and O', and the connection between the shaft D and the feed-rollers. The intermittent rotating shaft D is oper ated in the usual manner by a pawl acting at intervals on the ratchet-wheel E, mounted on the guide-bars E E', secured to the rotating disk Ez, the said guide-bars and shaft D being connected by the cross-bar D'. The shaft D is free to slide through the ratchet-wheel E and disk E2, and the two head-stocks F F, carrying the feed-rollers A A, are secured to the usual sliding bars G and G', which are operated in one direction by the irregular edge of a rotating cam, XV, being in contact and acting on the arm XV' secured tothe bar G, and in the opposite direction by the contrae` tion of the spiral spring S', all of which is or dinary, and to which no claim is made.

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To the face of each head stock F, I attach a small bracket, H, prepared with a slot-hole for adjustment and for the purpose of carrying the guide-bars and collars C. By adjusting the brackets H the guide-bars B and K may be placed at the same angle of inclination as the grooved feedrollers A A, carried by the bearings B', mounted in each head-stock F, the slot-holes M allowing for the inclination of the rollers, which are adjusted to the angle required by the small set-screws L L.

The collars C are adjustable andvsecuredin position on the sliding bar G' by small setscrews, as are also the collars C on the guidebar B, the latter carrying the guide-bar K, secured in a similar manner. It is not deemed necessary to show the set-screws for the collars C and the bar K, as they would be the same as for the collars C'.

The axle at each end of the bottom grooved feed-roller is sunk With a circular groove and provided with a collar, OZ, curved on the inner face for allowing the rollers to be tilted to various angles, the rollers being held in position at the required angle by links N, the upper portion of each of which is connected to a stud, I), by a spiral spring, S, thereby raising the feed-rollers to the height required and compressing the tllletweb passing between them to such an extent that it is fed or moved by the rotation of the top roller, the springs also allowing for any irregularities in the thickness of the fillet-web.

The connection between the intermittent rotating shaft D and the top grooved roller, A, is accomplished by what is generally known as a universal or gimbal joint, J', (shown by dtails, Figs. 6 and 7,) constructed by the placI ing together of two forked ends and coupling them by placing a die, V, between them somewhat less than the space between the jaws. To one of the forked ends the die is attached by a pin passing through one of the forked projections,U, and die V, and finally screwing into the other or opposite jaw, U'. forked end is coupled to the said die by screws, one passing through each side of the jaw projections UZ and entering into countersunk holes formed in the said die. Thus, by these means of connecting, the grooved rollers A A The other 9 ICO may be tilted to'an angle with the settingbar l the said rollers or cylinders, the same as when X, and the necessary intermittent rotary and positive motion imparted to the same on the movement of the ratchet-wheel E', which is operated in the manner as before described.

The card-ii1let Y, as shown by thickdotted lines, is conducted in the direction of the arrows between the feed-rollers A A, and is guided by the collars C on the bottom guidebar, B, and collars C on the top sliding bar, G. The dents or teeth are set in the upper surface of the setting bar X, the same as when the feed-rollers A A are parallel thereto; but by the rollers being at an inclination with the said bar, and the iillet-web conducted in Van angular direction, as shown, the rows of teeth or dents are not at right angles to the edges of the fllet-web, but at an angle corresponding to the inclination of the feed-roller, so that when the fillet-Web is nailed on the card rollers or cylinders in a spiral direction, as is the invariable practice, the cylindrical rows of teeth or dents will be parallel to the ends of they are covered with sheet-cards.

What I claim is- 1. In a card-setting machine, the combination of the grooved rollers A A, the slotted head-stocks F, the set screws I. L, the sus pended links N, springs S, shaft D, universal joint J', and driving mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a card-setting machine, the combination, with the feed-rollers A,s1otted head-stocks F, suspended links N, and springs S, of the adjustable brackets H, carrying the guide-bar B, and the collars C, carrying the guide-bar K, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihavesigned my name to this specification in the presence oftwosub scribing witnesses.

ROBERT SELLERS.

lVitnesses:

J No. GILL, I. HARRIsoN. 

